10 Reasons to Travel

When I took a personal survey around my campus at the University of La Verne about what’s on their bucket list, the most popular answer: Travel.

“I’ve always said that if you want a fast-track to personal development, get on a plane,” says Clayton Cornell, travel blogger of Spartan Traveler who’s been traveling around the world since 2011.

It’s a great investment. I always tell myself to experience as much I could while I am still young. I think this generation is too much in a hurry all the time aspiring to skip childhood, have a family and build a career immediately. It’s not a race. There is nothing wrong with that since we all have priorities and ambitions, but maybe we can just take a moment, enjoy life and explore the beauty of the world.

Let’s press pause for a minute and see what is out there. Here are some reasons to travel:

1. Great escape

What’s great about being far away is that you can forget about everything else back home and relax. It’s a vacation. Leave all your problems and stress behind and just focus on yourself. Focus on making yourself happy and do what you feel like doing at that very moment. Be spontaneous. Be daring.

2. Helps you develop as a person

You learn to adapt and habituate yourself to a different lifestyle as you try to fit in. This is a small step but its a start to stepping out of your comfort zone.

“Traveling can teach you more about life in a shorter amount of time than almost anything else,” Clayton says. “Travel teaches you by forcing you to deal with discomfort on multiple levels: your discomfort with the disruption of routine, the discomfort of challenging your assumptions about what the right way to live is and where the center of the universe is (hint: it isn’t your country), and so on. You come out of these experiences as a better person.”

3. Changes your Perspective in Life

Witnessing difficulties first hand is different from seeing it on the newspaper or TV. You are more likely to feel more sympathetic towards others. This can lead you to become a better person who wants to make a difference in the world.

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